Selvaraj Kaliaperumal

Selvaraj Kaliaperumal

Catalysis Division

About Me

Prof. Selvaraj is at the helm of research and technology development affairs for sustainable energy solutions including hydrogen economy. Green hydrogen generation for climate change mitigation is the current thrust area of interest. He leads a program to develop the first indigenous AEM Water Electrolyser Technology in India under the National Green Hydrogen Mission. By training, he is a materials scientist with a physical and inorganic chemistry background. He has more than 25 years of research experience and has mentored several post-doctoral, PhD, and graduate students. He has more than 70 international publications and over 10 patents to his credit. He has delivered more than 60 invited talks in prestigious institutions.

Selvaraj has been part of distinguished committees and activities related to policymaking. He is a member of the Technical Committee for CCTS to the Indian Chlor-Alkali sector by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Energy. He is a member of the National Mirror Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards and the International Standards Organization (ISO), a member of the Hydrogen Strategy Group (HSG), Hydrogen Technology Mission, New Delhi, a member of the National Hydrogen Fuels Reference Committee, BIS, New Delhi, a member in the Research Screening Committee, IoE-UoH & DST Delhi and a member, Expert Screening Group, HRDG, New Delhi. He is also a member of the expert group for screening DST's HFC program. He is also an active member of various professional societies, including The Hydrogen Association of India, The American Chemical Society, The Materials Research Society of India, The International Zeolite Association, The Catalysis Society of India, The Electron Microscopy Society of India, The Indian Society for Electro-Analytical Chemistry, etc.

Professional Experience

 2000-2002 – Faculty, Chem. Dept. University of Pune
 2002- date – Scientist, Catalysis Division, NCL, Pune
 2007-2008 – Visiting Researcher, CNRS, France

Selected Publications

  • Zinoy Manappadan, Shubham Kumar, Krati Joshi, Thillai Govindaraja, Sailaja Krishnamurty And Kaliaperumal Selvaraj, Unravelling the distinct surface interactions of modified graphene nanostructures with methylene blue dye through experimental and computational approaches, Journal of Hazardous Materials., , (2020), DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121755.
  • Suman Jhajharia And Kaliaperumal Selvaraj, Exploring battery type ZnO/ZnFe2O4 spheres-3D graphene electrode for supercapacitor: Advantage of yolk-shell over solid structure, ChemElectroChem., , (2019), DOI:doi.org/10.1002/celc.201901269.
  • Pragnya paramita Samal, Krati Joshi, Selvaraj Kaliaperumal And Sailaja Krishnamurty, Probing the catalytic activity of pristine and doped Pd and Ni metal clusters towards H2O molecule, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry., , (2019), DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2019.112624.
  • Prasad, Rajendra; Yadav, Amit; Gorain , Mahadeo; Chauhan, Deepak; Kundu, Gopal; Srivastava, Rohit; Selvaraj And Kaliaperumal*, Graphene Oxide Supported Liposomes as Red Emissive Theranostics for Phototriggered Tissue Visualization and Tumor Regression, ACS Appl. Bio. Mater., , (2019), DOI:doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b00335.
  • Rajendra Prasad, Sachin Agawane, Deepak Chauhan, Rohit Srivatsava And Kaliaperumal Selvaraj*, In Vivo Examination of Folic Acid-Conjugated Gold-Silica Nanohybrids as Contrast Agents for Localized Tumor Diagnosis and Biodistribution, Bioconjugate Chemistry., , (2018), DOI:doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00522.
  • Deepak Kumar, Thillai Govindaraja Senthamarai Kannan, Sailaja Krishnamurty, Kaliaperumal Selvaraj And Sourav Pal, Dissociative Chemisorption of Hydrogen Molecule on Defective Graphene Supported Aluminium Clusters: A Computational Study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics., , (2018), DOI:10.1039/C8CP05711G.
  • Deepak S. Chauhan, Rajendra Prasad, Janhavi Devrukhkar, Kaliaperumal Selvaraj And * Rohit Srivastava*, Disintegrable NIR Light Triggered Gold Nanorods Supported Liposomal Nanohybrids for Cancer Theranostics, Bioconjugate Chemistry., 19, 29, (5), 1510 - 1518 (2018), DOI:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00801.
  • , Nanoscale., , (2016), DOI:10.1039/c5nr06756a.
  • , Nanoscale., , (2015), DOI:10.1039/C5NR05715A.
  • , Molecular Simulations., , (2015), DOI:10.1080/08927022.2015.1067368.
  • , Applied Surface Science., , (2014), DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.09.042.
  • , Micro & Nano Letters., , (2012), DOI:10.1049/mnl.2011.0498.
  • , Journal of American Chemical Society., , (2011), DOI:10.1021/ja201002r.
  • , Microporous & Mesoporous Materials., , (2010), DOI:10.1016/j.micromeso.2010.06.014.

Research Interest

  • Kinetics analysis of Chemical Reactions

Contact Details

Prof. Kailaperumal Selvaraj Ph.D.

CICD, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory,

Laboratory for Advanced Science and Enduring Technologies (LASET)

Pune 411 008 Maharashtra, India

Email: k(dot)selvaraj(at)ncl(dot)res(dot)in

Web: https://ncl-india.org/k.selvaraj